How right wing radio took over American democracy by Justin Ling CBC Radio
Great 6 part podcast from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Flamethrowers, a new six-part podcast hosted by Justin Ling, captures the punch-you-in-the-mouth energy and sound of right-wing talk radio.
Ling takes us from the fringe preachers and conspiracy peddlers of the 1920s to the political firestorm still raging today. With humour and candour, he examines the appeal of broadcasters like Rush Limbaugh, and how he found a sleeping audience, radicalized it, and became an accidental kingmaker — culminating in the election of Donald Trump.
Our story begins with Canadian priest Charles Coughlin — a populist crusader who winds up espousing conspiracy and hate. Right-wing radio flexes its muscle with a boycott of Polish Ham. And the Kennedy government almost wipes right-wing talk off the map.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/listen-to-the-flamethrowers-1.6167507?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar
Personally I'm only interested in the pre-bush history of nutjob radio, especially the very beginning, probably won't bother with the limpball years and later rehashing.